Gwendolynne Sophia Moore (born April 18, 1951), a Democrat from Wisconsin, is a congresswoman representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. The district is based in Milwaukee and also includes South Milwaukee, Cudahy and St. Francis, and part of West Allis. She is the first woman to represent the district. She is also the second woman and the first African-American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.
Moore was born in Racine, Wisconsin, bu...
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Gwendolynne Sophia Moore (born April 18, 1951), a Democrat from Wisconsin, is a congresswoman representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. The district is based in Milwaukee and also includes South Milwaukee, Cudahy and St. Francis, and part of West Allis. She is the first woman to represent the district. She is also the second woman and the first African-American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.
Moore was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but has spent most of her life in Milwaukee.
Moore was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, earning 69.6 percent of the vote and defeating Republican attorney Gerald Boyle in the general election.
Prior to her election to Congress, Moore worked as a city development specialist and as an organizer with Volunteers In Service to America. She was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1989 and served two terms before winning the election to the Wisconsin State Senate, in which she served from 1993 to 2004. Moore was the first...
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